Breakfast Granola for 10/9/9

What does an "honor" mean if they're basically handed out like Halloween candy? Milli Vanilli won a Grammy in 1990, and the general consensus is that music has been at least as great ever since.

I argue that the Nobel Peace Prize likewise hasn't meant anything since at least 1994, when Yasser Arafat was a co-recipient, and definitely not since 2002, when Jimmy Carter got one. Two of history's biggest enablers and facilitators of not-peace...but they get prizes for peace?

Now, it's Barack Obama's turn, complete with the laughable citation "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

That's quite a stretch, Nobel Committee. Even Jimm-uh had to be out of office for over 20 years, but I guess none shall question "Dear Leader."

P.S.: Too bad none of those "peoples" are in Congress.